September, 2012

This coming Saturday, 9/8/12, we’re putting together a 1 day Windows 8 DevCamp! Check out the details here: http://developersguild.org
What we decided to do is put the best content from ou
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r other Win8 DevCamps (typically 2 day), and create an essential, what-you-need-to-know day of content to help you get an app up and running quickly. In addition, we decided to build the entire content around the Contoso Cookbook sample app, allowing...

[Post to be edited soon] This post contains all of the information needed for the Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Azure launch events. Download for the Azure Track Hands on Labs: http://bit.ly/vs2012azurelabs Windows Azure Free 90 Day Trial: http://bit.ly/WAFreeTrial

I have a Canon MP830 USB printer hooked up to my always on workstation at home, and this is shared so that anyone in the house can use it to print. I haven’t had any issues until trying to add the printer in Windows 8. When I tried to add the network printer:
It looks like the printer is being added ok, but then I would be given the dreaded 0x00000002 error:
This is a driver issue. But what I couldn’t quite understand is why. The drivers were all 64 bit, it’s USB … and I’ve...

My daughter, a 5th grader, has shown an occasional interest in programming but having so many frameworks and platforms available today is both a blessing and a curse. I began to learn programming by hacking Maxit, Hunt the Wumpus, Adventure, and others. There were no graphics, no internet, no multiplayer. I saw her doing working on something when it occurred to me this would be a fun afternoon project to solve via code. She was looking for “dollar words” – words that added up to 100 points...

Microsoft RD Jim Duffy and I are hosting a series of events, kicking off with a Windows 8 DevCamp in Raleigh on Sept 25th! I’m the brains, Jim is the talent, so don’t miss it. Sign up here! (Just kidding about Jim being the talent ) http://takenotewin8.eventbrite.com/ The DevCamp is designed to not only introduce you to developing on the platform, but also take active steps through the design, development, and submission phases to get your app into the marketplace. Here’s the rundown...

In my last post , I introduced the problem we’re trying to solve via an introductory computer program: finding 100 point words where each letter of the alphabet corresponds to its place in the alphabet (A=1, B=2 … Z=26). At this point, we’ve built the basic template for the app, but haven’t yet written any code. It’s time to write some basic functions (or methods) that help solve this. For coding veterans, remember – this initially is about solving the problem as a beginner and...

In the first post , we introduced the problem. We’re writing a program that solves the problem of finding 100 point words, where each letter in the word corresponds to its position in the alphabet (A=1, B=2, Z=26). In the second post , we coded the basic solution that allows the user to enter a word, and we calculate the result. We have a bug, though, because we made the assumption that the letters passed in are lower case. The word “automated” is a 100 point word, but “Automated” is displaying...